Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #281 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Davis, Henry
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 15 July 1844/26 Aug 1844
Abstract To son William H. Davis my Negro boy Jack provided my son WH Davis shall live to age 21 & if does not live then to my son John W. Davis. All my slaves shall be hired out until my son William H. Davis shall be of lawful age & then they to my sons William H. & John W. Davis.
Main Source Reference Will 1828-1846 w, p. 518.

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